The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01
HADDOck's ASSASSINATION.

HADDOCk'S ASSASSINATION.
John Arensdorf Again ON Trial Charged
with the A Awfui Crim--Sone SEN stiOnal
Evidence Aaiauced-A MI. kman and HIS
Wife Declare They saw the Fatal Shot
Fired from . Pistol in the Hands Of the
Accused = The Defense Endesvor -
PIOve Alibi.
sIoUx CITY, Ia, Nov % The first sur
pr sc made by the State in the case of Arens-
uorf. tine brewer, for the murIer Of Rev. MT.
II .ddock, took place yesterday morning.
E.-superint ndant OF Water Works Robson
| test fiei that Ar.nsdorf left Junk's saloon
III comp my with ths other detendants and
sh he saw bi,4. go west with the same
L rty To the scene Of the murder She
watched them go .ng that d rection for OVER
loo fee. The .ross-examIniton did not
| reak The force Of ne direct {. sti nony. In
tie former trial Arensdorf sought to estab-
| m alibi by testimony tnat he came ont
o. Junk's and went east from the scene OF
tn, murder. Albert Koschni,zki was then
RI eel on the st.nd He is known as @B
III rex, and is The man vino was origina "
| employed 10 secure sylvester CIR tnda to VII I,
DIR. Hsdlock. He tes.if d TO the conspiracy
ind tine criminal ir; nsactiOns OF the saloon
| men dur ny the 4 US Immediately preceding
the murder. On that night he watched neal
the Columbia Hous, for the minister. anu
the met The crowd 20 ng from Junk's ga
10 IN to Water street. He and Paul Leader
walked together They turned south on
Water sire t. olping nearly opposite Mer-
7 g sable; saw Arensdorf go out, meet
II ddock. and fire the fatal shot.
M Josephson knew Bismarck Arens-
| do.f Pe. .ers, Paul Leader and Others Of the
conspirators, but never met lie witt Mrs
Jo+ephson went 10 the brewery every week
To get malt, ;nl in that way Came to know
Al nsdorf and Pet .rR
On the nignt OF the murder, as the Joseph
| SONS to the story. they came to the city
| a out o'c.ock On Iowa street they met
| bismarck, and had some talk with him.
| He said some words agains John Brennan,
an attorney, who had Lefrlended them.
Tbs aroused their feelings They
| W re both eng. ged in delivering
milk, and not having enough
| to supply all their Gus ,omers, drove
home to replenish. The night was dark
and it was about 10 o'clock before they
| reached the Lone Star restaurant, where
| they left can Of milk. Near the Colum-
| bia House they saw Bismarck" standing
W tch. and citing in a manner to excite their
suspicious Mrs Josephson drove the milk
| v gon into an alley near by, and watched
| Bismarck" and another man. while her hus-
| banl went to find Mr.. Brennan Not finding
him he returned About that time the crowd
came down Fourth street toward the corner.
| The two Josephsons then lodged in the
shadow of the blacksmith shop at the north
east corner of Fourth and Water streets. and
saw the whole tragedy, recognized John
Arensdorf as the man who fired the shot,
aud Peters, driver of the brewery wagon,
close by him. The two men ran across
Perry creek bridge toward the brewery.
The JosephsOns were frightened at what
they saw, and feared they would be in
danger Of violence II they told Of it, and
besides, they had many good custom
/ ers among the Germans, SO they agreed it
was safest to keep STILL Their knowledge OF
the affair was discovered by accident, and
they being assured of protection from harm,
agreed to tell the whole story.
Sioux CRY. Ia, Nov. 23.-The defense
began taking evidence in the Arensdorf
murder cas- yesterday morning. Swan An
d rson was called He said that he was
nearly two blocks west when the shooting
was done. He waited five minutes to see
who would come across the bridge He
saw no one, but saw men run away from
the Columbia House corner Did not see
the crowd gather there, though it did so
Immediately. Ben Keith, q Chicago bar
tender, swore that Leavitt had seduced his
wife; that in May, 1856, he became ac-
quainted with lie witt in Mt Clemens, Mich.
ut which time LIE witt told him that a
gospel shark" Haddock, was trying 10
close the saloons here and that ii b.
in erferred with his G.eavt.' business, the
III mister would be put where the dogs
could not reach him. Several depostions
h we been read concerning Leavitt's habits
while in Leavenworth and 9th y places, all
for the purpose of impeachment
SIOUX CRY, Ia, Nov. 26.-The defense
renewed the taking of testimony In the
Arensdorf case yesterday morning.
Twenty witnesses are to be exam
ined tending to impeach the State
Witnesses and to establish an alibL
junk, the proprietor OF the saloon where
the crowd consregated on the night Of the
murder. swore that he gave no one money
to pay for hack, nor in compliance with
Arcnsdorfs orders to give Bis
marck" money. He did not see
the witness, Robson, in his saloon on
the night OF the murder, nor did he
see Lewis. who will appear in rebuttaL
Turnkey Cruikshank repeated his form eI
testimony regarding an alleged interview
between Bismarck" and Leavitt in the Jail,
imp icating them in coliusion to swear The
murder on Arensd0rf
William Biatt, Charles N Wright and T.
p. Mors, of Yankton. swore that the Joseph
Sons bore bad reputation in that city two
years ago.
Mrs. Harriet Smith, who kept the Lone
Star restaurant testi ed that MrR Joseph.
son left the milk can at her place at $50
p III. and that the ice chest was locked that
night She was cOrrob0rated by her son
and his wife. Her sons name is Potter.
He admitted having had trouble with the
JOS phi -ons over a milk bill
b. b. Wrazee swore that Mrs Josephson
to d him that Bismarck" did the shooting.
Mrs. Josephson was recalled by the de-
fense for further cross examination She
proved damaging to that side because she
three times affirmed that Arensdorf tired
| t q shot
Numberless rumors respecting the inten-
tions of the defense are afloat Henry
Peters is supposed to be in town, and he and
| two other persons are exp acsed to swear
tat L ,avi,t fired the fatal shot Ons OF
these witnesses is woman. who claims
| to have been passing the spot on her way
ho;ne from work, and TO have seen Leav.lt
suoot She says that he ran ag inst her In
h effort to escape, and dropped his pisto
al her feet revolver was found on the
s rect near the scene Of the murder sOOr
after i occurred 1t had one empty cham
ber The new witness will test fy that ths
collision happened just where the weapon
was found
Two Witnesses have turned up who viii
testify 10 seeing two persons run across the
| br dge to the brewery. The defense has
new witness in the former book keeper al
LivlngssOue's wholesale house. His name
is Wilson. He saw the shooting and say
avitt did it.
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Mrs. Grimby had just read of the
New York man who came home al
three in the morning and captured ,
burglar in the house. Mrs. Grimby
put the paper in the fire. SAVING to hel
sister: Il wouldn't have Grimby see
that story for the world. -CAicagt
NeWs.
| She Was Brave. He" Getting
married seems to be very dangerou.
now. No fewer than seven brides have
been accidentally killed on their wed.